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I-95 to Florida from VA really sucks, there's about 2 1/2 hours each of VA and NC about 3 hours of SC 1 1/2 of GA and then you are in North Florida which is pretty much like GA until about a hundered miles or so in.SOmeone is going to say "South of the Border", don't listen...

IF you have the time (it's about an extra 2-3 hours) shoot east in NC and hit US 17. You can get it around VA Beach also, but it'll add more time.
Now it's a US Highway with a traffic light and a podunk town here and there, but it is absolutely beautiful at this time of year. WHile we're just getting a trace of Spring here, you'll feel like you're in the Wizard of Oz and everything is in color when you get toward the coast. Everything is in full bloom.

You can also hit WIlmington NC, Charleston or Myrtle Beach SC on US 17. The first two are nice little towns, the latter has some fun stuff for kids, like Ocean City with palmettos.

If you're really looking for some fun along the way, I've never found much off the 95 route, just set the cruise at 73 and jam for a day, then spend the next day in the pool recovering.

Yeah I second the driving during the night, leave like 10pm. Made it from Fairfax to West Palm Beach in 13 hours, just stopping for gas and to piss. Those 5 hour energy things filled me up pretty good for some reason. South of the Border is a shit hole, well at least it is in the off season. Did see a trucker walking with a girl to a motel there, so if you want to get some ass on the way down...

And of course use common sense at the rest stops. The panhandlers are not shy at all. We had one stick his head in the window while we stopped to get a few minutes rest on the humid summer night's drive down there. It scared the shit out of us when we woke up and there's some idiot with his head in our car begging for $2!

And don't give a dime to that tricky tramp who claims her boyfriend's car broke down and they need money to make it home.

I agree that you miss out on all the traffic by driving at night, but it's by no means an easy ride.

If your a guy, Fayetteville is about halfway so stop at the 82nd Airborne Museum before checking out the various topless joints. Deployed soldiers' baby mamas gotta pay the bills! Some decent campgrounds outside of town, too.

If your a chick, stop in Savannah to shop in the little boutiques.

Everything else along the way sucks or is too far off of 95 until you get to the Hard Rock Casino in Broward County.

I'm looking into the same thing - I do recall as a child stopping for BBQ in Smithfield, Air Museum in Fayetteville, several small flee and antique places off the beaten path (search internet), if you have children it would be a miserable trip if you don't stop South of the Border. Savannah has War Museums, plantations and small quaint shops for food, I recall a visit to light house somewhere in GA, St. Augustine is also like Savannah. There's a state park near Palm Coast, FL with lots of history/sugar plantation and don't forget Cape Cannaveral/NASA.

"It scared the shit out of us when we woke up and there's some idiot with his head in our car begging for $2!"

phhhhh. i was selling a newish car i could no longer afford due to gov workers stalking me at the workplace.*

i had a couple show up, car hardly ran (did NOT look like they could afford a new car or even pass state inspection). the Richmond va plates look beaten up / maybe stolen.

AND they tried to get me to let them test drive the car alone. asked me for the keys. they then acted as if I'd hurt them by suggesting that was not a good idea that i'd let them take the car off on pure trust.

that scared me shitless.

people coming from out of town to "check over the car" i'm selling

too bad i didn't have a phone service i coulda gotten a pic of them - if i weren't afraid what they might do if i had a photo of them

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people die from these people who want to wash your windows for $2

i know someone that happened to

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* i'd take a loss by selling but could pay the loss. a greater risk would be to keep it, have it depreciate, then have something "go wrong" and have it repo'ed adn be on the hook for much more.

Greyhound wants upwards of $200 EACH WAY to go to Florida. a 24+ hour each way trip to sit with the homeless and druggies going that way to "start over" aka get better drugs in the sunshine instead of freezing up here. Then there are 50-11 stops along the way adding more people crowded on a bus with someone who didn't wash their ass in the past 2 weeks and you can smell it. Forget going to the bathroom on the bus the heroin users already took over and nodded out with the door locked so no one could get in for an hour. True story. I learned my lesson that day.

I can rent a small SUV for a week for that much (about $350 if i want to do the full insurance to be sure), drive down, handle my business for 3 days and go where i want when i want while in FL, come back to VA, and still have the car to ride around another day or 2 before i need to return it. They have unlimited mileage now, so back in the day it was expensive due to the mileage.

Best option is always flying, I go with google flights, orbitz, and the carriers direct (usually southwest or delta for me!) but that can be pricey too- if you get last minute notice to go to FL, it can be upwards of $1200 round trip (business class)- but then again you are there at the beach in 5 hours already having a drink or 2 on the plane for free.

Driving is better if you don't like planes, or just want to see the USA along the way, or are just broke. Flight>>>autotrain if you have your own car>>>Renting a car>>>greyhound or whatever bus service.